bugseed

bugseed

(ˈbʌɡˌsiːd)
n
(Plants) any tumbleweed of the genus Corispermum, native to North America and Eurasia and found in fields and areas of wasteland
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A low abundance of annual and perennial herbaceous species was also present, including milkvetch (Astragalus spp.), desert marigold (Baileya pleniradiata), bugseed (Dicoria canescens), desert globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua), and fluff grass (Erioneuron pluclielluin).